Opera

Giuseppe Verdi

La Traviata

20 Apr, 15 - 09 May, 15

Musical conductor: Renato Palumbo

Stage Director: David McVicar

After its initial rejection, Verdi’s unique opera, whose action unfolds in a contemporary setting, La traviata, based on Alexandre Dumas’ The Lady of the Camellias, became one of the most acclaimed works of the composer. This came about because of the universal values that are brought to light following the tragedy of a high-society courtesan -another of those left in the wake of the history of opera- who renounces even life itself to protect the honour of her lover, demonstrating with her self-sacrifice a grandeur lacking in the hypocritical bourgeois society that abused and then rejected her. A story that brought Verdi legendary status through music with a profound sense of humanity and psychological portrayal of the characters and their feelings. Behind the outward show of luxury and frivolous pleasure, the “populous desert they call Paris” hides the stark cruelty of a social class for whom everything can be bought and sold. With this backdrop of bitter transience, only Violetta stands as a classic heroine, whose sacrifice transcends love and death. These two themes that the opera revolves around are also brought to life by the staging of David McVicar, who, with his usual elegance, sets the drama in a world of romantic references while retaining an up-to-date perspective.

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Language

Italian

Subtitles in

English, Spanish

Opera in three acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after Alexandre Dumas (ii)´s play La Dame aux camélias (1848 and 1852)

Production of Teatro Real, in coproduction with Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona, Scottish Opera Glasgow and Welsh National Opera Cardiff

Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra
(Coro Intemezzo / Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid)

Artistic information

Creative team

Musical conductor Renato Palumbo

Stage Director David McVicar

Set and costume design Tanya McCallin

Iluminación Jennifer Tipton

Coreografía Andrew George

Chorus Conductor Andrés Máspero

Cast

Violetta Valéry Venera Gimadieva

Violetta Valéry Ermonela Jaho

Violetta Valéry Irina Lungu

Alfredo Germont Francesco Demuro

Alfredo Germont Antonio Gandía

Alfredo Germont Teodor Ilincái

Giorgio Germont Àngel Òdena

Giorgio Germont Leo Nucci

Giorgio Germont Juan Jesús Rodríguez

Flora Bervoix Marifé Nogales

Annina Marta Ubieta

Gastone Albert Casals

Barón Duphol César San Martín

Marqués d'Obigny Damián del Castillo

Doctor Grenvil Fernando Radó

Giuseppe Alejandro González

La traviata

Programa de mano

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Releases

Patron friends

08 November

2014

Subscribers friend

13 November

2014

Tickets on sale

18 November

2014

Performances

Date/hour
Space
Cast
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20 April 2015

22:00

Main Auditorium

Ermonela Jaho, Francesco Demuro, Juan Jesús Rodríguez, Marifé Nogales, Marta Ubieta, Albert Casals, César San Martín, Damián del Castillo, Fernando Radó, Alejandro González

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Opera

Giuseppe Verdi

La Traviata

20 Apr, 15 - 09 May, 15

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La traviata

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